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At least two men have been arrested after a 36-year-old woman was found buried alive at a cemetery in Brazil. More ohotos below:
The victim, a mother-of-four, was beaten and dragged out of her home by the assailants, March 28, and was abandoned inside a tomb at the Visconde do Rio Branco Municipal Cemetery in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
She, however, survived underground for 10 hours before gravediggers noticed fresh cement and blood near the grave. Their suspicions were confirmed when they heard a woman cry for help from inside.
The Visconde do Rio Branco Civil Police held a press conference, Tuesday, to announce the apprehensions, which took place Saturday night in the municipalities of São Geraldo and Viçosa.
Police chief, Diego Candian, said the unnamed defendants, aged 20 and 22, were planning on escaping for Rio de Janeiro after their gruesome crime.
The woman told police she was assaulted after she ‘misplaced’ drugs and weapons she was stashing for them at her home.
Both young men had been arrested in the past on weapons and drug trafficking charges. They will be held in pre-trial detention for up to 30 days.
Authorities are searching for a third suspect.
‘There is still an individual who is on the run,’ police chief Douglas Moto said. ‘We are still working incessantly to be able to locate this individual and as soon as possible make the arrest and then, we’ll leave them at the disposal of the justice.’
The suspects broke into her home, March 28, and assaulted her husband, who managed to escape.
They were then able to remove her from the residence and took her to the cemetery and stuffed her inside the tomb.
The woman noticed she was trapped in the tomb after she had regained consciousness./SHARE THIS
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